Vehicle.



J. REPHTTO.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 31| 1906` Patented May 30, 1911.

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VEHICLE. A APPLIUA'TION FILED 141111.31. 190e.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED 14111.31. 190e.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.31, 1006.

Patented May 3o, 1911.

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APPLIOATION FILED 111111.31. 190e.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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VEHICLE.

PPLIUATION rILnD 111111.31. 190e4 Patented May 30, 1911.

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VEHICLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAlLal. 1906.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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' To all whom .it may concern:

.T OHN lBIEPZIEI'IP'JTO, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

, VEHICLE.

Specification ot Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 41911.

Be it known that I, JOHN Rnrnrro, a citizenof the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew Aand useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following is 'afull, clear, and complete disclosure.

My invention relates to vehicles, and particularly to that class ofmetallic vehicles which have their bodyortion, top and supportingmechanism lma e up in greater party of metallic strips and angle irons.

The object o' my invention is to'so construct a vehicle thatthepec'uliar shape and arrangement of the'fdiflerent great durability,strength an the same.

This object in view, my invention consists lightness to l in the detailsof construction and manner of operation yhereinafter described,reference bein@ made to the accompanying drawings,

in whichlike characters refer to corresponding parts.

Referring. to the drawings, Figure 1V is a side elevation of a vehicleconstructed in ac-I cordaucewith this invention, one of the front wheelsbeing removed; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken on theline 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same taken online 3 3 ofv Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is another transverse section taken on. lineL1.--4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a 'modiicationof Inyinvention and Fig. 6 is alpartal elevation, and a section ,thereof takenon line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

7 isa fragment-ary plan section taken 0n line 7 7 o Fig. 2; Flg. 7a is afragmentary section taken on the line 7 of Fig. 2; Fi s. 8, 9, 10 and 11are detail views of a par of the front supporting means; Fig. 12` is adetail view ofpart of the body portion; Figs.- 13 and 14 are detailviews of the rear supporting mechanism; Fig. 15 is a detail view of apart ofthe body portion; Figs. 16 and 17 are modifications of Fig. 15;Fig.' 18 is an elevation of a ymodified form of this invention andFiga-.19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 are Yfragmentary transverse sections of thesame.

Referring to the drawings, one Aembodiment of this invention comprises ayvehicle having a body, the lower side' edges of which are formedby twofloor beams 1, substantially L-shaped in cross section, and each havingone web arranged in avertical plane,v

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and its other web projecting horizontally'inwardly therefrom. Projectlng vertically upwardly from within these floor beams, and havingtheir lower ends supported upon the upper sides of the horizontal websofthe same, are vertical angle bars l2, arranged at intervals on eachfloor beam, and forming a part of the frame work of each side of theYbod of the vehicle. Each of these verticall ang e bars is substantiallyL-shaped in cross section, having one web extending in a planelongitudinally of the vehicle, and its other web 1nA a planetransversely of the vehicle. Extending transversely of the-body of theveh1cle and bridging thespace between the floor beams 1, are transverses aced' an le bars 3, each having a horizonta web anl a vertical web,the 'ends lof these transverse bars resting upon the upper sides of thehorizontal webs of the oor beams 1. The vertical webs of thesetransverse baraja-re bolted tothe transverse webs ofthe vertical anglebars 2, and the horizontal webs of each alternate transverse bar arebolted to the horizontal webs of the floor beams.

y Extendin the entire length of the vehicle o n each si e thereof arethe longitudinal dat plates 4 4, resting on and bolted tothe angle bars3 3, said plates 4-4 being notched as at 4 to allow the web ofthe`vertical bars 2 to pass therethrough. Between the longitudinal plates 44 and presenting atlush surface with thesame is the {ioor plate 4:',which is supported on the transverse beams 3. The floor may be made outof one single plate or a` plurality of plates, as deslred. Projectingupwardly from each longitudinal plate 4 4 are the vertlcalwalls 5 5,extending the entire length thereof. Extendin transversely Ito thevertical beams 2 2 and at intervals one above thebther are vthelongitudinal bars 0r ribs 6. Bridging the space between each palr ofoppositely arranged vertical Vangle bars 2 2 are the arched angle barsor rlbs 7, which may be'formed in onel straig t piece with the anglebars 2, having a or' tion thereof cut away to enable it to be entlaround theedges of the entire top' of the i v'lili -edgesof the angie'bar jz., Below body and resting on the barsv 7 is -the con- 'Y alsoserve as a vframe to which the cover plate tinuous flatv marginal bar.9. The vertical walls are fastened to the an le-bars 2 by theve'rticalanglepieces 10, an the vertical 5 Wall 5 is fastened to thelongitudinalbeam 4 by the' horizontal angle piece 11. The upper edge of the wall 5is-'curved downwardly between :each of the vertical angle bars2, andriveted over this edgeand projecting outwardly is the plate 12 vas shownin Fig. 7, having the'rivet lugs 13, the purose ofwhich plate 12 is tocover the space Between the vertical wall 5 and the side 14 of thecover.

'15 angle bars 2 are fastened the'side panels or covers 14 of thevehicle, each of which panels,-

may consist of a single* late or ya plurality of plates, as shown, the autting edges being covered with beads l43. The vertical angle .i 2'0bars' 2 and the top transverse bars 7 are bolted together by means ofanangle piecev at15, a's'shownin Fig. 15.-..

Tothe top of the body frame and over the longitudinal ribs 8. isfastenedv thecover late 18, along the ,side edgesof which are the eads17 and extending transversely over 4the same'are the' beads 19. The saidcover plate may be. fastened-by means of thev beads 17 .v and 19- aloneor by being soldered to a brass plate 16, as show n in Fig. 16, in whichmodiication 2l represents a vertical bar, 7 the transverse bar fastenedthereto by the angle .piece 15', 8f-the longitudinal to -barsj`overQwhich extends th lcover 18', hel .inapsition- 35 by the-beads 17 .and'19', and als'olby 'being soldere'dto the piece 16, as before mentioned,which piece is riveted tothe edge strip 9.

` The longitudinal bars e are fastened te they projecting webs'of theanglejbars 2by, means vt0 ofthe angle pieces'20, each of which is bolt--edto its respective vpart. On the. inside .of

' the panels 14 .are vlongitudinalangle pieces 21, having one web boltedto the'panel for v the purpose of stifen'ing the same. The ex"' 4 5terior -of each side'- cover is bounded lby the marginal plates 42-and'the '43' which extend around the entire edge thereof.

" To thc'panels14 is' .bolted one flange of of the vertical:pieces` 22,the other o j f'which are bolted to the vertical Aange bar 2. To .thei'ear of the-bod orf'- `tionand at "the y p tened the anell-p 'i60erture is bound around-its outer byt e" .-.lbead'26, the idoor'be hingedat 28 to the To the outside portion of the upper end thereof -1s fasate23by means ofthe bead 24 w. chb'oundsfthe' 'upper and lateral same.To thelower edge ofthe.

e j panel 23 are they avec vthe stifvfening' angle bars which bars i isfastened. .Below said door 29 is the taill board 32, bolted to whichvand extending transversely of the same are the stifening angle bars33--33. Betweenthe latter bars and bolted to the tail-board 32 `arethever; tical angle bars-34-34. Said tail-board`32 v. is hin ed at 35 tothe rear-most transverse angle ar 3 and is held in its open'position inthe usual manner by achani 36. vThe door 27 in the panel 23 has an eye37 onits innerand lower edge, which ma be fas` v tened to the hook 38,to hold the oor in its. open position. The vbeads 17 and 43 :extendaround` the sides and the front o ffthe. top portion. The side-and'rearpanels -or covers' are inclosed upon their peripheral edges vby theplates 42, which are held in osition .by screws passing through the paneflanges oftheangle bars. .lhe side walls-y the vehicle are cut awayattheir upperfdr-1).. ward ortion, as shownl in Figs, v1` and'2. v The ege of the-cut away portion is bound bythe bead/43, fastened to themarginal 9o panel 14 and the angle bars yin themanner -v hereinbeforedescribed.l This cut away portion may be opened and closed-by a window"which consists of a frame'44,.f inclos1 ng a 95 glass pane 4 5, thesaid frame being recessed "on its'sides to slide on lates\ 4 1-.41,winchare bolted'to theangle ars 2. .Tlesaid window frame 44 has a han le46 along' lts bottom 'rail and 4aneye 47 its toprail,\ 1oo which eye is:adaptedto beV eld when the .48 pivoted to th'eju per longitudinal plate6,. f yExtending forwar y from the front of the beams 1-41is'thedash-looard 50,'from wh1ch 1 0'5 projects therail 51.The-'dashfboard' 1s su p'v orted bylmeans of a-pecul illustrated in Fi8, in which 52 representsa vportion'loolte tothe "undersideof thedash-boardw 53. isja vertical flange,.wh1ch 110 is bent atright anglesadjacent to the front side of the :transversejan 1e 3- into plate 54.The 52 o said angle" piece ofthe angle warjdly to form a ange 5 5. j and55=are bolted respectively to the'vert1. of the le'bar. 3, the one 1 1l;

' on the outsifeandjthe other on e.' insie of saidangle bar .r t L20v'In;Fig.-17 I haveillustrated a .tion which differs ofmy form in thatthe `the marginal side plate42fare. formed-mono 'Pieghe Shape gimen .1bar elfo.. p 0 law pgrtiongf, 'angerbaris indited at 9 f and -has thenper 'ed ve of the. anel 14terminatinf`insi e. of an against e vo its topportion. The. coverflffis' @the-13:.

plate 42,. which is in turn lfastened tothe x window is in itsraisedpfosition'by the hook-.

iar anglepiece extends through aslot in the verticalllange bar 3, and isthen turned down?.

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.11564 the wago v brass plate 16, the latter, together withv the bead17, beingv riveted Vto said angle bar, as is also the bead 43. In Figs.and 6 I have illustrated a modiiication ofthe vehicle body," in whichthe 4side v'and .top portions are eliminated. The construction o thefloor section in this modification is similar to that hereinbeforedescribed, and consists of thelongitudinal L- sha ed beams 1--1 suporting the transverse ang e bars 3-3', whli are bolted to each other andbolted to the longitudinal beams and the longitudinal plates 4', inwhich latter are h`oles which form a bearinglsupport for the4 stakes 5,connected toget er by a chain 6. Resting 'onthe transverse `angle bars3-3 are the floor plates 4-4, and fastened to the front edge ofsaidfloor is the corrugated plate 7', projecting forwardly from which 1sthefoot rail 8.

In Figs. 18to 23 inclusive I have illustrated a further modification ofthe body portion of my vehicle, in which 1 indicates the longitudinalL-shaped beams sup orted 2'5 'upon w ich and in the manner hereinbeforedescribed are the transverse angle bars 3--3,

' bolted to which are the upright angle bars 2 -2, and extendinglengthwise of the side portions are the longitudinal vplates/l: and

the floor plates 4,- to the front edge of which is attached thedash-board 50, the rail 51and the supporting a le 'piece 53, all l:z.i'ianged v1n the manner ereinbefore described. In this'mo'dication thevertical '-35 bars -2--2 are cut oif a short distance above theflooring.' lFastened'to the outside panels 14 are the brackets 59, havintheir inner vertical portions curved to con orm with the surfaces ofthebeam and plate bounding the upper edge of the panel. Secured to saidbrackets are the shelves 60, terminatin at their inner ed with the outeredges og the body and' ilus with the topedges of the panel 14andvertical angle bar 2. Bolted v,45to the inner upperv side of thepanel 14 are -the an le bars 61 and bolted to the outer sides o thelongitudinallanges ofthe walls V5 -are the angle pieces 62 the latterforming :1 -shelf which extends tbeentirelength of n, lbut which isfslotted to ladmit the projecting transverse flanges, of Vthe anglears'2. ,(See Fi I23.)` TheA forward portion of the side -wallsthusconstructedare elevated by eontinuingthe ysaine upwardly,

as shown in 18, .1n which 2 represents'- vertical Aang bar, 14- thepanel,42 the plates inclosing vthe edges thereof .and 43 thejbound beaall constructed in the man- 1 Quer ashereinbefore described. The -rearend 15.0 of' this4 elevated portion'is curved 4downwardl'y,tl msnecessitating the curving o portion f the -'aide of the L-sliaped thevangle 'lar plate' 80. These angle I truss -90, which supports f theybeams 1-1 and at the rear end of the same is the transverse angle plate64, projecting downwardly and bolted to which are the vertical struts-65and the angle bar 67 which has its vertical anges cut away, to enablethe same to be bent at two portions, as illustrated in the dotted lines1n Fig. 13. metal plate 66 is bolted to' the rear side of bar 67 and tothe front of angle bar 64 Vand strut 65. The lower ends ofthe strut 65project through recesses in the plate 68, which latter is hel in rigidrelation with the angle bar 67 by the bolt 70 passing through the plate69 riveted to the angle bar 67. The spring 71 is fastened in positionbetween the lates 68 and 69 bymeans of the draw-bolt O. The spring 71 isconnected at its extremities by av inge 72 to the side springs 73,which, 1n turnfis hinged at its forward end to the lug 74 and supportedat an intermediate portion by the the axle.

Attached to the longitudinal angle beams 1-1 at the forward end of the`same argille transverse angle plates 76, bolted to.. which are similar'angle plates 77. To e under bearing boxes 75 of side of and at theextremities ofthe angle plates 77 are bolted the angle ieces 78 andytween the angle pieces and olted to the under side ofthe angle plates77'is the angle bar 79. The an le pieces 78 and the'angle The bar 79 arerivete to the annulair ring 80, on

o the under the underside of which and concentric w1t-h is the annularring 81, boltedA side of which yare the angle p to the latter are boltedsimilar angle plates 83. Bolted to the underside of the an le smallplates' 83 extend transversely across the under side of the anunder sideof the latter is a nular ring 81, and are supported upon and bolted tothe angle barsv84-f84, wh1ch converge forwardly. To the under side andat the rear of the angle lbars 84 is bolted-the angle plate 85, boltedto which are similar intermediate 'por'- tions 'of said angle bars 84is. bolted the angle' plate 87, 4to which latter` are bolted similarangle plates 8,8. To the anglexbar 84 is bolted a similar 'angle bar 89,to the under side of each 'of w intermediate ortion, which post bears onthe under si e of the angle-'plate 88. A further truss 49 11connects-,the truss 90 with ates 82, and- Abar 79 is a stilening bar79,and to t e rectanguich is bolted the a post 90 onits the under sideof the` angle bar l88'. The

forward yend of the vertical 4portionef thel ang each angle plate 89 hasitsl vertial portion'at right angles to form a i -is 'the'angle plate'92. Bolted to the' tongue Y 91 and the angle plate 92 is the frontangle bar of the vehicle 93, and a stiir'eningplate 94 at each extremityof the angle the top of which is bolted an axle tree 10'2 by means'oflthe bolt 103. To the front of i. Alsl bar 93 between the .tongue 91 andits i front web. I To 4the intermediate front angle bar and to the rearof the same is bolted' the angle plate 95. 'At each end :of the saidfrontangle bar and on the top thereof is fastened thecorrugated step96 Aand bolted tofthe under side of the top web ofsaid bar isa hanging step97.

Between the angle plates 184 and termi-v in position between twoconverging anglebars-(not shown) along each side thereof, to whichare'attached 'straps 99, which pass under the same. On thetop of thevfront angle bar.. 93 is a .metallic plate 101,011-

i f the angle bar 93 is attached the double lug piece 104, which may beutilized as an attaching means for shafts. The an le plates 86- areattached to the end `springs 105,

' which in' turn are attached to the side sprlngs 106, the latter beinghinged to the .lugs 107 attached to the under side ofthe angle piece 94. -The intermediate portions l of the side springs 106 are attached tojournal boxes on the front axle in a well known manner. It willbe seenthat the parts above 'the annular-plate 80 are all rigid with oneanother but not connected with the annular' plate 8 1, 'which latter isrigidly connected with vall the parts located below the same, the entireset of parts being supported by the sprlngs on the axle -of the vehicle.

The two parts, however, are connected by a king-bolt 108 passingthrough' the angle plates 77, 79, 7 9 and 80', the annular pla-tes vand81 andthe angle bars .82- and83.

'IJhus tWa annular plates 80 and 81 maybe "revolved relatively to oneanother in the usual vmanner ofthe fifth wheel construction. Inl certainlocatlons any shaped structural bars may be substituted for the singleordouble .angle bars, and either web of the latter may be -utilized toeiiect the same resu j -Throughout'the construction of my vehicle,wherever two'angle bars are bolted together so that they present twoparallel -Webs having a Jspace between them, I interpose between such`webs metal posts* V89.j

lThese posts have a passage, through which may passa bolt, andthus serveto resistthe L'p compression of an inward bending of the webs when the.boltsV are ,t"/ht`ened, as in .a

draw-bolt construction,'as lustrated in the.

" case of the king-bolt 108 in F' 2, or when any vother force is appliedto t 4e outside ofv '-afthewebs.. YYYY `VIn. 5 and 6 these posts assist.the websl irl-supporting the heavy floor portion of said l `throughoutthe vehicle 'may be of any suit-.

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made up of two angle bars, asv shown' 1n strength and stiffness of thebars. The bolts passing through these posts and those able construction,and may have angular or round shoulders, and their heads may be'countersunk Wherever desirable, the e x tremities ofthe bolts may bescrew-threaded to receive nuts, or may be struck` or swaged g into arivet like head.

Although I havedescribed thediiferent-y parts of the vehicle as beingmade of metal, it is obvious that any suitable material maybe,substituted, as in the ca se of the' panels or covers, where any still'sheet material, such as wood,fcomposition, etc., ma` be utilized, and inthe case of covers netto e used as panels, as on the top of the vehicle,where any suitable covering material may be used. I have" described'thevplate 16, to which a'. metal sheet may be soldered, as bein made ofbrass, but any 'other metal may used inthis locationnto whichsolder-will /afillere. The finish of thev different parts omy vehiclemay be such as to suit the taste as, for

instance, the panels, beads and border plates n'iay be galvanized,-painted' or enameled.

Although Ihave described my vehicle ,as L

a wagon, yet I do not wish to limit Inyself'to any such use, as I mayadapt the same to f motor vehicles, railroad cars, etc. Y.

I have' used' variousfexpres ions through-- out this specification, toclearlfidentify the various' parts, but I do not w sh to be limited tosuch, as I may depart from the exact structure shown and described, andutilize any of the well lmown'equivalents thereof, provided the same arewithin the scope of myl invention, as set forth in the appended lclaims. g

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desirev to protectbygLetters Patent of the United States is:

1. A Vehicle body comprising sheet metal side covers and .interior sidewalls, each cover and wall'being spaced apart and supported by anglebars forming a part of the frame structure of the body portion, and asheet metal plate secured to the upper edge of each'wall to close' the`spaces between each cover and wall. i Y l v2. Ina .vehicle body4 havingverticalv angle b'ars as" a part of its, frame "structure, sheet metalside covers and interior Walls,` each cover and walll beingspaced apartand sup- 2 or'tcd by said vertical angle bars, and metal plates forclosing thetop and bottom of :said

,3. In a vehicle body having .vertical angle bars kas a part'of itsframe structure, sheet lmetal side covers'. and interiorlwa-lls, each .Y

cover and wall being spaced .apart and sup" -ported by said verticalangle barsvandmetal lvl plates recessed to accommodate the verticalangle bars for closing the top and bottom of said spaces.

4. In a vehicle body having vertical bars as a part of itsframestructure, sheet metal side covers and interior walls, each coverand wall being spaced apart and supported by said vertical angle bars,plates for closing the top and bottom of said spaces, and longitudinalangle pieces for securing said walls to the bottom plate.

5. In a vehicle body having vertical angle bars as a part f its framestructure, sheet metal side covers and interior walls, each cover andwall being spaced apart and supported by said vertical angle bars, metalplates for closing the top and bottom of angle said spaces, and verticalangle pieces for seciiring said walls to said vertical anglebars.

6. Ina body portion of a vehicle, longitudinal L-shaped floor beams, aplurality of transverse angle bars having their top portions lush withthe top portions of said beams, vertical angle bars having their lowerends resting on the webs of said beams, longitudinal side platessupported on said transverse angle bars and recessed at theirintersect-ion with the vertical' angle bars, side covers secured againstthe outer sides of said vertical angle bars, interior side walls securedto the inner sides thereof, said side walls having their upper edgesterminating intermediate the ends of said vertical bars, plates securedto the inner walls to cover the spaces between the covers and walls,said plates being recessed to permit the passage of the vertical anglebars therethrough.

7 A. vehicle body comprising sheet metal side members and interior wallmembers, said members being spaced apart and supported by a part of theframe structure of the body portion, and a sheet metal plate secured toone of said members to close the space between the same.

8. In a vehicle body having a substantially vertical bar as a part ofits frame structure, a sheet metal side cover and an interior wall, saidcover and wall being spaced apartand supported by said vertical 'top ofthe space between metal l ing the space ybetween bars, and a metal platerecessed to accommodatethe said vertical bars for closing the said coverand wall.

9. A cover for a vehicle comprising a series of vertical bars formingthe sldes thereof, a covering secured to the outer sides of said bars, awall secured tothe inner sides of said bars adjacent to the bottomthereof, the top of said wall being concave between said bars and aconcave plate closing the space between said'wall and said covering atthe top of said inner wall.

10. A cover for a vehicle comprising a series of vertical bars formingthe sides thereof, a covering` secured to the outer sides of said bars,a wall secured to the inner sides of said bars adjacent to the bottomthereof, and a plate closing the spaces between said wall and saidcovering at the top of said inner wall, the said plate being providedwith downwardly extending ears secured to said inner wall.

11. A cover for a vehicle comprising a series of vertical bars formingthe sides thereof, a covering secured to the outer sides of said bars, awall secured to the inner sides of said bars adjacent to tlre bottomthereof, the top of said wall being concave between said bars and aconcave plate clossaid wall and said 'covering at the top of said innerwall, said plate being provided with downwardly extending ears securedto said inner wall.

1Q. In a vehicle, side covers and interior ,side walls spacedapart andhaving vertical angle bars between them, longitudinal plates coveringsaid spaces between said covers and walls, a part of each cover having acut away portion between two of the vertical angle bars, andl a windowframe guided by the webs of said angle bars and adapted to rest on saidlongitudinal plates when in its lowered position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of March,A. D., 1906.

JOHN REPETTO. Witnesses:

WALTER A.. HOLDEN, ALEXANDER PARK.

